TheMe had surgery for gallstones, but suffered complications from an infection and a resurgence of his Crohn's disease. In addition, the powers at the hospital dumped him out and sent him home before he felt ready to go. You can read the details at his blog.
Pray for a speedy healing and no further complications.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Celebrity In Our Midst!
(From the Anglican Periodic Table by Clumber)
Father Tobias Haller, who writes at In a Godward Direction, was interviewed by the BBC! You can listen here at the BBC website on the 24 Dec 08 podcast titled "Christmas and Consumerism". Tobias' interview starts near the beginning.
As a US ambassador to the Brits, he represented us quite well. His own review of his performance is at his website at the link above. He's much too modest.
Christmas At Wenchoster
THE BISHOP'S COLUMN:
Hello! Es the popular tune declars, ‘It’s the most popular tame of the yar.’ Indeed it is. Not jest a tame for celebrat-i-on but also a tame of surprises. Peeking ite from under my tree is an anonymous gift of a strange shape. What glorious mysteries lie under the wrepping paper of snowmen and holly? What is it? How will I use it? Cen I shar it? Will it requar betteries? Awl of these quest-i-ons cen be asked of Christmarss es we draw near to the greatest gift of awl. How will we use it indeed? We will, won’t we? End shar it with others, of course.
It is awlso good to recall are blessings as we tuck into the bainty of the Yuletide season. Remember that not awl of Gawd’s people cen sit dine to relish a goose end stuffing. Es ay prepar to sit dine et table I will say a prar for those less fortunate then areselves and ask the Lawd to bless them. Then end only then will I sip may fane claret. Won’t ay.
Gawd bless, us every one!
Message from the Archbishop of Canterbury:
Walking the banks of the River Wye is something I like to do even on the most inhospitable of weather days. N will pack me a small lunch and I will happily spend a morning, even a day, engaging with the natural beauty around me, and pondering the deeper theological strata of stylistic elements within the theonomy of twentieth century thought. And so it was only last week, as I took in the miles between Tintern and Monmouth. Here and there I saw a high flying hawk, and thought that the liturgical symbolism of the Spirit in the western ecclesia could be reinvented....
Read the rest of the message at the link above.
From the Carol Sheet:
Away in the "Nine Bells", no room at the bar,
We sit in the "Snug" with our pipes and a jar.
The logs in the fireplace all crackle and hiss,
As we laze in the warmth and give Compline a miss.
The Choirboys are singing their carols so sweet,
Whilst outside the window, snow falls in the street.
Our ancient cathedral is glowing with light,
And shines like a beacon through the depths of the night.
"Another, dear landlord! Come fill up my cup,
With the nutty brown liquid that I love to sup!"
A Wenchoster Christmas is a time of good cheer,
If I get all my stuffing, and a firkin of beer.
Could it be that a hacker with a streak of wickedness sometimes gets into their website?
Hello! Es the popular tune declars, ‘It’s the most popular tame of the yar.’ Indeed it is. Not jest a tame for celebrat-i-on but also a tame of surprises. Peeking ite from under my tree is an anonymous gift of a strange shape. What glorious mysteries lie under the wrepping paper of snowmen and holly? What is it? How will I use it? Cen I shar it? Will it requar betteries? Awl of these quest-i-ons cen be asked of Christmarss es we draw near to the greatest gift of awl. How will we use it indeed? We will, won’t we? End shar it with others, of course.
It is awlso good to recall are blessings as we tuck into the bainty of the Yuletide season. Remember that not awl of Gawd’s people cen sit dine to relish a goose end stuffing. Es ay prepar to sit dine et table I will say a prar for those less fortunate then areselves and ask the Lawd to bless them. Then end only then will I sip may fane claret. Won’t ay.
Gawd bless, us every one!
Message from the Archbishop of Canterbury:
Walking the banks of the River Wye is something I like to do even on the most inhospitable of weather days. N will pack me a small lunch and I will happily spend a morning, even a day, engaging with the natural beauty around me, and pondering the deeper theological strata of stylistic elements within the theonomy of twentieth century thought. And so it was only last week, as I took in the miles between Tintern and Monmouth. Here and there I saw a high flying hawk, and thought that the liturgical symbolism of the Spirit in the western ecclesia could be reinvented....
Read the rest of the message at the link above.
From the Carol Sheet:
Away in the "Nine Bells", no room at the bar,
We sit in the "Snug" with our pipes and a jar.
The logs in the fireplace all crackle and hiss,
As we laze in the warmth and give Compline a miss.
The Choirboys are singing their carols so sweet,
Whilst outside the window, snow falls in the street.
Our ancient cathedral is glowing with light,
And shines like a beacon through the depths of the night.
"Another, dear landlord! Come fill up my cup,
With the nutty brown liquid that I love to sup!"
A Wenchoster Christmas is a time of good cheer,
If I get all my stuffing, and a firkin of beer.
Could it be that a hacker with a streak of wickedness sometimes gets into their website?
Ready For Cracker Jokes?
Ready or not, here they come:
Q.) How do crazy people go through the forest?
A.) They take the psycho path.
Q.) What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work?
A.) A stick.
Q.) What do you call cheese that isn't yours?
A.) Nacho cheese.
Q.) What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A.) Frostbite.
Q.) What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches?
A.) A nervous wreck.
Q.) How do snowmen get around?
A.) On their icicle!!
Q.) What kind of pump can you eat?
A.) A pumpkin!!
Q.) What is white and crumbly and swings through trees?
A.) A meringue!!
Q.) Who babysits for the kids?
A.) A nanny-goat!!?
Q.) How do crazy people go through the forest?
A.) They take the psycho path.
Q.) What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work?
A.) A stick.
Q.) What do you call cheese that isn't yours?
A.) Nacho cheese.
Q.) What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A.) Frostbite.
Q.) What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches?
A.) A nervous wreck.
Q.) How do snowmen get around?
A.) On their icicle!!
Q.) What kind of pump can you eat?
A.) A pumpkin!!
Q.) What is white and crumbly and swings through trees?
A.) A meringue!!
Q.) Who babysits for the kids?
A.) A nanny-goat!!?
It's Still Christmas - Day 3
Pictured above is the other of a pair of Christmas stockings in needlepoint, which depict Fra Anglelico's musical angels from the paintings in the Museo San Marco in Florence.
The 16th century biographer [Giorgio] Vasari says of Fra Angelico:
"But it is impossible to bestow too much praise on this holy father, who was so humble and modest in all that he did and said and whose pictures were painted with such facility and piety."
From Wiki.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Please Contunue To Pray
From Renz:
As I write this Mary Ann's mom, Mrs. Eudith Stewart, is undergoing emergency brain surgery to attempt to remove the blood clot from the burst aneurysm. Late yesterday they did a procedure to put a coil in the aneurism and had stopped the bleeding, they put in a shunt to keep her intercranial pressure down, and she was on a ventilator and kept sedated to rest her. However, the pressures were rising today and the decision was made to actually perform brain surgery. Mary Ann is very thankful for the international prayer circle and called me specifically to request further prayers. Thank you to you all.
As I write this Mary Ann's mom, Mrs. Eudith Stewart, is undergoing emergency brain surgery to attempt to remove the blood clot from the burst aneurysm. Late yesterday they did a procedure to put a coil in the aneurism and had stopped the bleeding, they put in a shunt to keep her intercranial pressure down, and she was on a ventilator and kept sedated to rest her. However, the pressures were rising today and the decision was made to actually perform brain surgery. Mary Ann is very thankful for the international prayer circle and called me specifically to request further prayers. Thank you to you all.
Not To Be Believed!
From David Sirota on Fox News via The Huffington Post.
As you'll see, on that latter issue, Fox News is starting its campaign to stop Obama's big spending plan by stating - as assumed fact - that "historians pretty much agree" that Franklin Roosevelt prolonged the Great Depression, and that therefore, Obama shouldn't try another New Deal.
When I say Fox News' assertion about historians is patently false, they literally laugh at me as if I've said something so clearly untrue, something Americans supposedly assume is so obviously stupid, that it's worthy of ridicule.
The Depression issue was brought up by conservative pundit Monica Crowley - not surprising since this is the conservative talking point du jour ever since the "center-right nation" meme started looking idiotic....
....
If the right wants to try to stop a serious economic recovery package and financial regulations by trying to vilify one of the most popular presidents and popular policy programs in American history, then I'll say what George Bush once said: Bring it on.
"Bring it on!" indeed.
Watch the Fox News clip here. The comments on Roosevelt's policies during the Great Depression begin at about 3:14 minutes into the clip.
As you'll see, on that latter issue, Fox News is starting its campaign to stop Obama's big spending plan by stating - as assumed fact - that "historians pretty much agree" that Franklin Roosevelt prolonged the Great Depression, and that therefore, Obama shouldn't try another New Deal.
When I say Fox News' assertion about historians is patently false, they literally laugh at me as if I've said something so clearly untrue, something Americans supposedly assume is so obviously stupid, that it's worthy of ridicule.
The Depression issue was brought up by conservative pundit Monica Crowley - not surprising since this is the conservative talking point du jour ever since the "center-right nation" meme started looking idiotic....
....
If the right wants to try to stop a serious economic recovery package and financial regulations by trying to vilify one of the most popular presidents and popular policy programs in American history, then I'll say what George Bush once said: Bring it on.
"Bring it on!" indeed.
Watch the Fox News clip here. The comments on Roosevelt's policies during the Great Depression begin at about 3:14 minutes into the clip.
Doxy Eats Crow And Loves It
Doxy brings you news of great joy. I'm giving the good news away, but do read her post. It's so much fun to watch my friends eat crow.
Feast Of St. Stephen The Martyr
(Painting by Vincenzo Foppa)
Readings:
AM: Psalm 28, 30; 2 Chronicles 24:17-22; Acts 6:1-7
PM: Psalm 118; Wisdom 4:7-15; Acts 7:59-8:8
Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and others of those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen. But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. Then they secretly instigated some men to say, ‘We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.’ They stirred up the people as well as the elders and the scribes; then they suddenly confronted him, seized him, and brought him before the council. They set up false witnesses who said, ‘This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth* will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed on to us.’ And all who sat in the council looked intently at him, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
....
When they heard these things, they became enraged and ground their teeth at Stephen. But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. ‘Look,’ he said, ‘I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!’ But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him. Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him; and the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’ Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them.’ When he had said this, he died. And Saul approved of their killing him.
PRAYER
We give you thanks, O Lord of glory, for the example of the first martyr Stephen, who looked up to heaven and prayed for his persecutors to your Son Jesus Christ, who stands at your right hand: where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
UPDATE: From Canada Tim Chesterton:
Check out my Reverbnation page here for my recording of the Boxing Day carol 'Good King Wenceslas'.
Do check it out. It's quite good. Tim's back blogging after his Advent fast.
It's Still Christmas - Day 2
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
‘Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace among those whom he favours!’
Luke 2:13-14
Pictured above is one of a pair of Christmas stockings in needlepoint, which depict Fra Anglelico's musical angels from the paintings in the Museo San Marco in Florence.
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